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Click for Chapter</a></div><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6437.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6437: 1) to turn <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to turn toward or from or away <BR> 1a2) to turn and do <BR> 1a3) to turn, decline (of day) <BR> 1a4) to turn toward, approach (of evening) <BR> 1a5) to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for <BR> 1b) (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to turn <BR> 1c2) to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back <BR> 1d) (Hophal) to be turned back">6437</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6437.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6437 -- Occurrence 2 of 4">[e]</a></span><span class="reftop">   11</span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ufaniti_6437.htm" title="u·fa·Ni·ti: And looked -- Occurrence 2 of 4.">ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî</a></span><span class="reftrans">   11</span><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="right"><tr><td width="99%" align="right"><span class="hebrew">וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי</span></td><td width="1"><span class="refheb">   11</span><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><span class="eng">And looked</span><span class="refbot">   11</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular">Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConjPerf‑1cs</a></span><span class="reftop2">   11</span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 589: 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)">589</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 589 -- Occurrence 345 of 692">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ani_589.htm" title="'a·Ni,: I -- Occurrence 345 of 692.">’ă·nî,</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">אֲנִ֗י</span><br><span class="eng">I</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Pronoun - first person common singular">Pro‑1cs</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole <BR> 1a) all, the whole of <BR> 1b) any, each, every, anything <BR> 1c) totality, everything">3605</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3605 -- Occurrence 336 of 417">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/bechol_3605.htm" title="be·chol: on all -- Occurrence 336 of 417.">bə·ḵāl</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">בְּכָל־</span><br><span class="eng">on all</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-b :: Noun - masculine singular construct">Prep‑b | N‑msc</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4639: 1) deed, work <BR> 1a) deed, thing done, act <BR> 1b) work, labour <BR> 1c) business, pursuit <BR> 1d) undertaking, enterprise <BR> 1e) achievement <BR> 1f) deeds, works (of deliverance and judgment) <BR> 1g) work, thing made <BR> 1h) work (of God) <BR> 1i) product">4639</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4639 -- Occurrence 3 of 3">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/maasai_4639.htm" title="ma·'a·Sai: the works -- Occurrence 3 of 3.">ma·‘ă·śay</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">מַעֲשַׂי֙</span><br><span class="eng">the works</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine plural construct :: first person common singular">N‑mpc | 1cs</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"> </span> <br><span class="translit"> </span><br><span class="hebrew"> <span class="punct2">–</span><br><span class="eng"> </span><br><span class="strongsnt"> </span></td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"> </td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to do, work, make, produce <BR> 1a1a) to do <BR> 1a1b) to work <BR> 1a1c) to deal (with) <BR> 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect <BR> 1a2) to make <BR> 1a2a) to make <BR> 1a2b) to produce <BR> 1a2c) to prepare <BR> 1a2d) to make (an offering) <BR> 1a2e) to attend to, put in order <BR> 1a2f) to observe, celebrate <BR> 1a2g) to acquire (property) <BR> 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute <BR> 1a2i) to bring about <BR> 1a2j) to use <BR> 1a2k) to spend, pass <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be done <BR> 1b2) to be made <BR> 1b3) to be produced <BR> 1b4) to be offered <BR> 1b5) to be observed <BR> 1b6) to be used <BR> 1c) (Pual) to be made <BR> 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze">6213</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6213 -- Occurrence 1 of 1">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/sheasu_6213.htm" title="she·'a·Su: that had done -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">še·‘ā·śū</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ</span><br><span class="eng">that had done</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Pronoun - relative :: Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural">Pro‑r | V‑Qal‑Perf‑3cp</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand <BR> 1a) hand (of man)<BR> 1b) strength, power (fig.) <BR> 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) <BR> 1d) (various special, technical senses) <BR> 1d1) sign, monument <BR> 1d2) part, fractional part, share <BR> 1d3) time, repetition <BR> 1d4) axle-trees, axle <BR> 1d5) stays, support (for laver) <BR> 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) <BR> 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) <BR> 1d8) wrists">3027</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3027 -- Occurrence 13 of 21">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yadai_3027.htm" title="ya·Dai,: my hands -- Occurrence 13 of 21.">yā·ḏay,</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">יָדַ֔י</span><br><span class="eng">my hands</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - fdc :: first person common singular">N‑fdc | 1cs</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5999.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5999: 1) toil, trouble, labour <BR> 1a) trouble <BR> 1b) trouble, mischief <BR> 1c) toil, labour">5999</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5999.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5999 -- Occurrence 1 of 1">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/uveamal_5999.htm" title="u·ve·'a·Mal: and on the labor -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">ū·ḇe·‘ā·māl</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל</span><br><span class="eng">and on the labor</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article :: Noun - masculine singular">Conj‑w, Prep‑b, Art | N‑ms</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5998.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5998: 1) to labour, toil <BR> 1a) (Qal) to labour">5998</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5998.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5998 -- Occurrence 1 of 3">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/sheamalti_5998.htm" title="she·'a·Mal·ti: in which I had toiled -- Occurrence 1 of 3.">še·‘ā·mal·tî</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּי</span><br><span class="eng">in which I had toiled</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Pronoun - relative :: Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular">Pro‑r | V‑Qal‑Perf‑1cs</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to do, work, make, produce <BR> 1a1a) to do <BR> 1a1b) to work <BR> 1a1c) to deal (with) <BR> 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect <BR> 1a2) to make <BR> 1a2a) to make <BR> 1a2b) to produce <BR> 1a2c) to prepare <BR> 1a2d) to make (an offering) <BR> 1a2e) to attend to, put in order <BR> 1a2f) to observe, celebrate <BR> 1a2g) to acquire (property) <BR> 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute <BR> 1a2i) to bring about <BR> 1a2j) to use <BR> 1a2k) to spend, pass <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be done <BR> 1b2) to be made <BR> 1b3) to be produced <BR> 1b4) to be offered <BR> 1b5) to be observed <BR> 1b6) to be used <BR> 1c) (Pual) to be made <BR> 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze">6213</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6213 -- Occurrence 183 of 220">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/laasot_6213.htm" title="la·'a·Sot;: to do -- Occurrence 183 of 220.">la·‘ă·śō·wṯ;</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת</span><br><span class="eng">to do</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct">Prep‑l | V‑Qal‑Inf</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"> </span> <br><span class="translit"> </span><br><span class="hebrew"> <span class="punct3"> ､</span><br><span class="eng"> </span><br><span class="strongsnt"> </span></td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"> </td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if">2009</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2009 -- Occurrence 257 of 359">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vehinneh_2009.htm" title="ve·hin·Neh: and indeed -- Occurrence 257 of 359.">wə·hin·nêh</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">וְהִנֵּ֨ה</span><br><span class="eng">and indeed</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Interjection">Conj‑w | Interjection</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole <BR> 1a) all, the whole of <BR> 1b) any, each, every, anything <BR> 1c) totality, everything">3605</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3605 -- Occurrence 38 of 59">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/hakkol_3605.htm" title="hak·Kol: all -- Occurrence 38 of 59.">hak·kōl</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">הַכֹּ֥ל</span><br><span class="eng">all</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Article :: Noun - masculine singular">Art | N‑ms</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1892.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1892: n m <BR> 1) vapour, breath <BR> 1a) breath, vapour <BR> 1b) vanity (fig.) <BR> adv<BR> 2) vainly">1892</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1892.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1892 -- Occurrence 11 of 28">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/hevel_1892.htm" title="he·vel: [was] vanity -- Occurrence 11 of 28.">he·ḇel</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">הֶ֙בֶל֙</span><br><span class="eng">[was] vanity</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N‑ms</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7469.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7469: 1) longing, striving">7469</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7469.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7469 -- Occurrence 2 of 7">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ureut_7469.htm" title="u·re·'Ut: and grasping for -- Occurrence 2 of 7.">ū·rə·‘ūṯ</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">וּרְע֣וּת</span><br><span class="eng">and grasping for</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Noun - feminine singular construct">Conj‑w | N‑fsc</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"> </span> <br><span class="translit"> </span><br><span class="hebrew"> <span class="punct3"> ､</span><br><span class="eng"> </span><br><span class="strongsnt"> </span></td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"> </td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7307: 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit <BR> 1a) breath<BR> 1b) wind <BR> 1b1) of heaven <BR> 1b2) quarter (of wind), side <BR> 1b3) breath of air <BR> 1b4) air, gas <BR> 1b5) vain, empty thing <BR> 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) <BR> 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour <BR> 1c2) courage <BR> 1c3) temper, anger <BR> 1c4) impatience, patience <BR> 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) <BR> 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse <BR> 1c7) prophetic spirit <BR> 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) <BR> 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being <BR> 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) <BR> 1e1) desire <BR> 1e2) sorrow, trouble <BR> 1f) spirit <BR> 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts <BR> 1f2) rarely of the will <BR> 1f3) as seat especially of moral character <BR> 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son <BR> 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy <BR> 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning <BR> 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power <BR> 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts <BR> 1g5) as energy of life <BR> 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory <BR> 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force">7307</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7307 -- Occurrence 103 of 205">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ruach_7307.htm" title="Ru·ach,: the wind -- Occurrence 103 of 205.">rū·aḥ,</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">ר֔וּחַ</span><br><span class="eng">the wind</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - common singular">N‑cs</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n <BR> 1a) nothing, nought neg <BR> 1b) not <BR> 1c) to have not (of possession) adv <BR> 1d) without w/prep <BR> 1e) for lack of">369</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 369 -- Occurrence 112 of 230">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/veein_369.htm" title="ve·'Ein: and [There was] no -- Occurrence 112 of 230.">wə·’ên</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">וְאֵ֥ין</span><br><span class="eng">and [There was] no</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Adverb">Conj‑w | Adv</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3504.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3504: 1) advantage, profit, excellency">3504</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3504.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3504 -- Occurrence 2 of 6">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yitron_3504.htm" title="yit·Ron: profit -- Occurrence 2 of 6.">yiṯ·rō·wn</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">יִתְר֖וֹן</span><br><span class="eng">profit</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N‑ms</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8478: 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m <BR> 1a) the under part adv accus <BR> 1b) beneath prep <BR> 1c) under, beneath <BR> 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) <BR> 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) <BR> 1c3) of subjection or conquest <BR> 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands <BR> 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) <BR> 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) <BR> 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) <BR> conj <BR> 1e) instead of, instead of that <BR> 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds <BR> 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) <BR> 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath">8478</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8478 -- Occurrence 185 of 263">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tachat_8478.htm" title="Ta·chat: under -- Occurrence 185 of 263.">ta·ḥaṯ</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">תַּ֥חַת</span><br><span class="eng">under</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"> </span> <br><span class="translit"> </span><br><span class="hebrew"> <span class="punct"> .</span><br><span class="eng"> </span><br><span class="strongsnt"> </span></td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"> </td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 8121: 1) sun <BR> 1a) sun <BR> 1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction) <BR> 1c) sun (as object of illicit worship) <BR> 1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases) <BR> 1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)">8121</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 8121 -- Occurrence 16 of 39">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/hashshamesh_8121.htm" title="hash·Sha·mesh.: the sun -- Occurrence 16 of 39.">haš·šā·meš.</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃</span><br><span class="eng">the sun</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Article :: Noun - 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'ayin (ah'-yin) -- nothing, nought">and there</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/369.htm" title="369. 'ayin (ah'-yin) -- nothing, nought">was no</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3504.htm" title="3504. yithrown (yith-rone') -- advantage, profit">profit</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478. tachath (takh'-ath) -- underneath, below, instead of">under</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">the sun.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6437.htm" title="6437. panah (paw-naw') -- to turn">Then I looked</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639. ma'aseh (mah-as-eh') -- a deed, work">on all the works</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">that my hands</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213. asah (aw-saw') -- accomplish">had wrought,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999. amal (aw-mawl') -- trouble, labor, toil">and on the labour</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5998.htm" title="5998. amal (aw-mal') -- to labor, toil">that I had laboured</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213. asah (aw-saw') -- accomplish">to do:</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/1892.htm" title="1892. hebel (heh'bel) -- vapor, breath">and, behold, all [was] vanity</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7469.htm" title="7469. r'uwth (reh-ooth') -- longing, striving">and vexation</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307. ruwach (roo'-akh) -- breath, wind, spirit">of spirit,</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/3504.htm" title="3504. yithrown (yith-rone') -- advantage, profit">and [there was] no profit</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">under the sun.</a> </span><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ecclesiastes/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete—and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ecclesiastes/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; 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